Friday, May 22, 2009

Apple, pushing deeper into low-cost mobile computers, may release a larger version of its iPod Touch player next year, rather than creating a scaled-down MacBook netbook, said Piper Jaffray senior research analyst Gene Munster.

The bigger iPod Touch would take the form of a touch-screen tablet computer, with a price tag of $500 to $700, said Munster, who has followed digital media companies including Apple since 1995. He expects Apple to release the device in the first half of 2010.